Thanks Kurt.
That fixed things.
Ray
On 12 Aug 2001, at 18:27, Kurt Wall wrote:
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> In the last episode, we heard [EMAIL PROTECTED] say:
> > I have a small script that pings my ISP every so often so the ISP
> > doesn't shut my server connection down for lack of activity. The script
> > is as follows
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > ping -i 600 wvi.com>/tmp/pinglog.txt
> >
> > On my desktop I have set up an icon to start the script called pingit.
> > The execute line is
> >
> > /root/pingit &.
>
> Lose the period, if it's there. I don't think it is necessary to run
> it in the background, either. Moreover, you need to do something with
> stderr:
>
> ping -i 600 wvi.com > /tmp/pinglog.txt 2> /tmp/pingerr.txt
>
> The other problem is that ping must run in a terminal, so create the
> shortcut to run in a terminal (I believe there's a checkbox for this
> purpose).
>
> > !pingit &
>
> What's with the "!"?
>
> > I get an error msg that has to do with the '&'
> >
> > If I try to run it with just !pingit, it says that there is no such command.
>
> Right. The script is named "pingit" not "!pingit". Try:
>
> ./pingit
>
> The shell has a special meaning for "!".
>
> Kurt
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